Freelance Agile Coach

For one of our clients, we are looking for an Agile Coach to join the strategic Agile transformation programme. This is a freelance position supporting multiple teams in focused engagements of up to twelve weeks at a time. For this role a background in Product and Engineering is highly advantageous

Contract details

Location: Amsterdam (onsite presence required)

Start: ASAP

Duration: 6 months (+)

Contract type: Freelance only

Rate: 85 - 90 per hour

Key responsibilities

• Embed the transformation baseline training into practice; work with teams to apply and reinforce the training programme content, ensuring agile values, principles, practices, mindsets and concepts are translated into meaningful, day-to-day practices that drive change and improvement.
• Partner with teams and team leadership to define current and target conditions, establish clear measures of success, and track progress over the course of the engagement.
• Ensure all interventions and coaching activities are encapsulated in the agreed framework, clearly showing the journey taken with each team.
• Demonstrate meaningful improvement against agreed metrics from a baseline.
• Coach in 12-week transformation cycles; engage with up to three teams at a time in focused twelve week cycles, guiding them through the adoption of the baseline expectations from the transformation programme.
• After the baseline practices are embedded, work with teams and leaders to identify further development opportunities, deepen agile capabilities and address specific team needs.
• Collaborate with trainers and internal agile coaches
• Maintain close alignment with trainers (who you will co-deliver the baseline knowledge with) to ensure continuity between training delivery and in-team coaching.
• Work with other Contractor and FTE Agile Coaches in the program to identify opportunities for improvement and implement where necessary.
• Contribute to a coaching community; actively participate in the coaching community over the business unit positioned within, share insights, challenges and successes.
• Work collaboratively with peers to align coaching approaches, learn from one another, and improve practices across all teams within the area of focus.

Requirements

3-5 years of agile coaching (or equivalent experience in Product, Engineering, or Delivery roles); broad job knowledge level.

Proven ability to create and implement a coaching plan with current and target states, identify constraints and run a root cause analysis, driving sustainable change in behaviors.

Proven ability to lead training sessions for various group sizes, adapting techniques as appropriate.

Demonstrated experience in delivering engaging training material that follows a "Training from the Back of the Room" approach.

Proficiency with scaled facilitation techniques such as Liberating Structures.

Demonstrate the ability to assess the uptake of knowledge of participants.

Deep understanding of agile values, principles, practices, framework and methodologies.

Exceptional facilitation, training and stakeholder engagement skills.

Background in Product and Engineering is highly advantageous

Interested?

If this role aligns with your experience and ambitions, we would be happy to share more details. Feel free to reach out and we will contact you shortly

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